Prof. Aswani Yella
Prof. Aswani Yella
Master in Chemistry from University of Hyderabad (2005)
Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (2010)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral study from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, under Prof. Michael Graetzel (2010 - 2015)
Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay from 2015 - 2019
Associate Professor at IIT Bombay from 2019- Present
SELECTED PUBLICATION
“Porphyrin-Sensitized Solar Cells with Cobalt (II/III)-Based Redox Electrolyte Exceed 12% Efficiency”
Aswani Yella, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Hoi Nok Tsao, Chenyi Yi, Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin, Eric Wei-Guang Diau, Chen-Yu Yeh, Shaik M. Zakeeruddin, Michael Grätzel.
Science, (2011), 334, 629-634.
“Dye-sensitized solar cells with 13% efficiency achieved through the molecular engineering of porphyrin sensitizers”
Aswani Yella,§ Simon Mathew,§ Peng Gao, Robin Humphry-Baker, Basile Curchod , Negar Ashari Astani, Ivano Tavernelli , Ursula Röthlisberger, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel §authors contributed equally.
Nature Chemistry, (2014), 6, 242-247.
“Perovskite Solar cells employing organic charge transport layers”
Olga Malinkiewicz, Aswani Yella, Yong Hui Lee, Guillermo Minguez Espallargas, Michael Graetzel, Mohammad K Nazeeruddin, Henk J Bolink.
Nature Photonics, (2014), 8, 128-132.
“Sub-nanometer conformal TiO2 blocking layer for high-efficiency solid-state CH3NH3PbI3 absorber solar cells”
Aravind Kumar Chandiran, Aswani Yella,* Peng Gao, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel * Corresponding author
Advanced Materials, (2014), 26, 4309-4312.
“Nanocrystalline rutile electron extraction layer enables low temperature solution processed perovskite photovoltaics with 13.7% efficiency”
Aswani Yella,* Leo-Philipp Heiniger, Peng Gao, Md. Khaja Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel. * Corresponding author
Nanoletters, (2014), 14, 2591-2596.